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Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> But it doesn't rule out the possibility that I'm wrong. :-)
>
> The auto-agentification is rather simplistic, basically I believe it
> now just work like:
>
> IF NOT EXISTS ~/News/agent/lib/servers THEN
>   DOLIST (cons gnus-select-method gnus-secondary-select-methods)
>     method = (gnus-method-to-server LISTEL)
>     IF CAR(method) MEMBER OF gnus-agent-auto-agentize-methods
>        ADD method TO gnus-agent-covered-methods
>   WRITE gnus-agent-covered-methods INTO ~/News/agent/lib/servers

Maybe its been explained before but I'm having trouble understanding
why we need any auto agentization.  Seems like it should always
require a `J a' on the server.  What is really saved or made better
by having it automatic?